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MAROON Vol. 59, No. 4 Loyola University, New Orleans February 13,1981 BSU president tight-lipped on inactivity Injured tree visits Health Center Monday's blustery weather caused a tree to fall on the Health Center. There were no reported injuries; the damage was minor. , — Photo by Laura Klapp By Lloyd Sch wed Maroon University Reporter The absence of organizational meetings of the Black Student Union and the resulting inactivity have stirred questions of lukewarm leadership within the union's executive council. "They haven't had a single meeting all semester," said Darlene Spahn, a BSU member since last year. "The membership is deteriorating from inactivity. I know several people who said they would like to have their dues back." Black Student Union President Tony Recasner offered no explanation as to why the executive council has scheduled no meetings since before Christmas. "All I can say is we've been working on some programs right now — none have been finalized yet," Recasner said. Vice President Therese Bennett says the lack of meetings is a problem of logistics. "It's hard to get together for meetings," she said. "You've got so many people to deal with and everyone is so busy with school." Other BSU members feel the problem runs deeper than scheduling conflicts. "I think it's a lack of leadership on the part of the executive board," said Spahn, one of about six non-black members in BSU. "Maybe we need new officers. There seems to be a lack of organization," BSU member Marie Payne said. "If there was a meeting then maybe enough people would respond to get the club going again." Suzette Degrange, another member, said students — not officers — are to blame. "The BSU is an organization made up of the whole black community on campus so you can't put the blame on any one person," she said. Recasner said the union plans to organize activities during February as part of Black History Month. The union also will sponsor a speech March 26 by political activist Dick Gregory. Recasner and two other members of the executive council, Parliamentarian Wayne Walker and Treasurer Edwin Murray, refused to comment on the BSU's shaky start this semester, protesting a Maroon article last semester. Recasner said BSU members were offended by the lead sentence in the story which said, "Tony Recasner wants to put new color into the BSU." "If the story had been written in the right perspective it would have been great," Recasner said. "But people were saying, what's wrong with the color that's already there." But other members of the executive council disagreed with Recasner. "I think it's dumb," Bennett said. "If he doesn't want to talk that's fine with me, I'm just afraid it might hurt the organization." Bennett said some black students complained that "all these whites were going to come join BSU and it's not going to be the Black Student Union anymore." "Well that's ridiculous," Bennett said. "We need everyone we can get — black, white or yellow." Bennett said about 90 people signed up during the union's membership drive last semester but many of those have not paid their dues. Buras vetoes funding for international week By David J. Sherwin Maroon Reporter Student Government Association President Robert Buras Tuesday night vetoed a $2,366.30 allocation made by the SGA Congress Feb. 3 for International Culture and Civilization Week. The program is sponsored by the Modern Foreign Language Honor Society, the Loyola Student Historical Association, the International Student Association and several language clubs, according to SGA reports. The program, scheduled for March 23-27, will focus on world cultures by means of exhibits, lectures and films. Buras said he vetoed the bill because there was "not enough student involvement" in the program and too much faculty involvement. He said he felt the program serves "more faculty interest rather than student interest," and that administration should be responsible for part of its funding. Al Boudreaux, a law school delegate, said, "We as students are sick and tired of the administration sending people to us for money after they allocate themselves $84,000 for a faculty lounge." Buras said he would support the program when he is "convinced that student organizations such as the German club, the Spanish club, the Russian club and the International Student Association along with the foreign language department are more involved." A motion to override Buras' veto was voted down 19-7 by the Congress. Frank Milanese, a law school delegate who strongly supported Buras' veto, said, "The whole concept behind the SGA allocating money is to appropriate money to student organizations. We were appropriating money to an event not an organization. "We want these clubs to come to us themselves for their specific event rather than hand out a whole lump sum over to an administrator whom we have no control over," he said. Siegfried Zelt, an Arts and Sciences delegate and author of the bill, said, "The program is organized by student committees. There is some misconception that it is a faculty event and that it benefits Loyola administration, but actually it is open to all of the students and is an educational event for the students. "The SGA wants to make a point to the administrators and therefore we LU international students number 318 By Allen Johnson Jr. Maroon University Reporter From Malaysia to Venezuela; from Ireland to Thailand. They're coming from all over the world and they want to study here. Records from International Student Affairs show that 318 international students from 39 countries are attending Loyola and most are majoring in business and communications, ISA Director Cathy Carucci said. And Loyola's out to get more. International Admissions Recruiter Isolda Hurtado is on an annual, university-sponsored Latin American tour which will last three weeks. Hurtado is scheduled to visit Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Guatemala, Ecuador and Puerto Rico. International Admissions made one add — Guatemala — and one drop — Mexico — for this year's trip. Why do foreign students choose Loyola? "An American degree is valued abroad because of our country's superior technology," Carucci said, "and in some countries, the business books are written in English." Also,most visiting students choose Loyola because it's a Jesuit Catholic school and the majority went to Catholic schools in their native country, Carucci said. But what about non-Catholic countries like Iran, India and Libya? "Jesuits have a reputation of being quality educators even for the non- Catholics and that has a draw," Carucci said. Records show a steady increase in international enrollment. Loyola registered 34 students this semester for a total of 318, up from 285 in 1980. Last year, 70 new internationals were recruited for the 285 total, up from 255 in 1979. About 40 students were lost to graduation or early departures, accounting for the apparently small increase that year. The sharpest increase in enrollment was by U.S. students living abroad — 32 — up from 12 in 1979. A breakdown of students by country for Spring 1979 through 1980 was unavailable, Carucci said. See SG'A /page 8 See International/page 8 IJYSIIDE: High schoolers explore Loyola / page 2 Get to the heart of the story on Valentine's Day / pages 4 and 5

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MAROON Vol. 59, No. 4 Loyola University, New Orleans February 13,1981 BSU president tight-lipped on inactivity Injured tree visits Health Center Monday's blustery weather caused a tree to fall on the Health Center. There were no reported injuries; the damage was minor. , — Photo by Laura Klapp By Lloyd Sch wed Maroon University Reporter The absence of organizational meetings of the Black Student Union and the resulting inactivity have stirred questions of lukewarm leadership within the union's executive council. "They haven't had a single meeting all semester," said Darlene Spahn, a BSU member since last year. "The membership is deteriorating from inactivity. I know several people who said they would like to have their dues back." Black Student Union President Tony Recasner offered no explanation as to why the executive council has scheduled no meetings since before Christmas. "All I can say is we've been working on some programs right now — none have been finalized yet," Recasner said. Vice President Therese Bennett says the lack of meetings is a problem of logistics. "It's hard to get together for meetings," she said. "You've got so many people to deal with and everyone is so busy with school." Other BSU members feel the problem runs deeper than scheduling conflicts. "I think it's a lack of leadership on the part of the executive board," said Spahn, one of about six non-black members in BSU. "Maybe we need new officers. There seems to be a lack of organization," BSU member Marie Payne said. "If there was a meeting then maybe enough people would respond to get the club going again." Suzette Degrange, another member, said students — not officers — are to blame. "The BSU is an organization made up of the whole black community on campus so you can't put the blame on any one person," she said. Recasner said the union plans to organize activities during February as part of Black History Month. The union also will sponsor a speech March 26 by political activist Dick Gregory. Recasner and two other members of the executive council, Parliamentarian Wayne Walker and Treasurer Edwin Murray, refused to comment on the BSU's shaky start this semester, protesting a Maroon article last semester. Recasner said BSU members were offended by the lead sentence in the story which said, "Tony Recasner wants to put new color into the BSU." "If the story had been written in the right perspective it would have been great," Recasner said. "But people were saying, what's wrong with the color that's already there." But other members of the executive council disagreed with Recasner. "I think it's dumb," Bennett said. "If he doesn't want to talk that's fine with me, I'm just afraid it might hurt the organization." Bennett said some black students complained that "all these whites were going to come join BSU and it's not going to be the Black Student Union anymore." "Well that's ridiculous," Bennett said. "We need everyone we can get — black, white or yellow." Bennett said about 90 people signed up during the union's membership drive last semester but many of those have not paid their dues. Buras vetoes funding for international week By David J. Sherwin Maroon Reporter Student Government Association President Robert Buras Tuesday night vetoed a $2,366.30 allocation made by the SGA Congress Feb. 3 for International Culture and Civilization Week. The program is sponsored by the Modern Foreign Language Honor Society, the Loyola Student Historical Association, the International Student Association and several language clubs, according to SGA reports. The program, scheduled for March 23-27, will focus on world cultures by means of exhibits, lectures and films. Buras said he vetoed the bill because there was "not enough student involvement" in the program and too much faculty involvement. He said he felt the program serves "more faculty interest rather than student interest," and that administration should be responsible for part of its funding. Al Boudreaux, a law school delegate, said, "We as students are sick and tired of the administration sending people to us for money after they allocate themselves $84,000 for a faculty lounge." Buras said he would support the program when he is "convinced that student organizations such as the German club, the Spanish club, the Russian club and the International Student Association along with the foreign language department are more involved." A motion to override Buras' veto was voted down 19-7 by the Congress. Frank Milanese, a law school delegate who strongly supported Buras' veto, said, "The whole concept behind the SGA allocating money is to appropriate money to student organizations. We were appropriating money to an event not an organization. "We want these clubs to come to us themselves for their specific event rather than hand out a whole lump sum over to an administrator whom we have no control over," he said. Siegfried Zelt, an Arts and Sciences delegate and author of the bill, said, "The program is organized by student committees. There is some misconception that it is a faculty event and that it benefits Loyola administration, but actually it is open to all of the students and is an educational event for the students. "The SGA wants to make a point to the administrators and therefore we LU international students number 318 By Allen Johnson Jr. Maroon University Reporter From Malaysia to Venezuela; from Ireland to Thailand. They're coming from all over the world and they want to study here. Records from International Student Affairs show that 318 international students from 39 countries are attending Loyola and most are majoring in business and communications, ISA Director Cathy Carucci said. And Loyola's out to get more. International Admissions Recruiter Isolda Hurtado is on an annual, university-sponsored Latin American tour which will last three weeks. Hurtado is scheduled to visit Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Guatemala, Ecuador and Puerto Rico. International Admissions made one add — Guatemala — and one drop — Mexico — for this year's trip. Why do foreign students choose Loyola? "An American degree is valued abroad because of our country's superior technology," Carucci said, "and in some countries, the business books are written in English." Also,most visiting students choose Loyola because it's a Jesuit Catholic school and the majority went to Catholic schools in their native country, Carucci said. But what about non-Catholic countries like Iran, India and Libya? "Jesuits have a reputation of being quality educators even for the non- Catholics and that has a draw," Carucci said. Records show a steady increase in international enrollment. Loyola registered 34 students this semester for a total of 318, up from 285 in 1980. Last year, 70 new internationals were recruited for the 285 total, up from 255 in 1979. About 40 students were lost to graduation or early departures, accounting for the apparently small increase that year. The sharpest increase in enrollment was by U.S. students living abroad — 32 — up from 12 in 1979. A breakdown of students by country for Spring 1979 through 1980 was unavailable, Carucci said. See SG'A /page 8 See International/page 8 IJYSIIDE: High schoolers explore Loyola / page 2 Get to the heart of the story on Valentine's Day / pages 4 and 5